Helen alicia burt



(No Model.)

H. A. BURT. ODIN FRBED OR AGTUATBD MAGHINE.

Patented Mar; 29, 1892.

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HELEh ALICIA BURT, OF LONDON, ASSIGNOR TO ANTHONY HARRIS, OF

' MIDDLESBROUGl-I, ENGLAND.

COIN FREED OR ACTUATED MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,808, dated March 29, 1892. Application ed y 5,1891. Serial No. 3912606. (No model.) Patented in England May 19,1888,1\lo.'7,427; in France July 13.1889,No.199,567: in Belgium July 13, 1889.110. July 30. 1889,]ll0, 1,371.

86,976; in Germany July 13, 1889, No. 52,791, and in Switzerland To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HELEN ALICIA BURT, artist, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at No. 102 Newgate Street, in the city of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin Freed or Actuated Machines, (for which Letters Patent in England, No. 7,427, dated May 19, 1888; in France, No. 199,567, dated July 13, 1889; in Belgium, No. 86,976, dated July 13, 1889; in Germany, No. 52,791, dated July 13, 1889, and in Switzerland, No. 1,371, dated July 30, 1889, have been granted in the name of Anthony Harris,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of machines or appliances which are adapted to be operated or rendered operative through the joint action of a predetermined coin introduced into the machine and of an operating device on the exterior thereof.

The object of the invention is to provide such machines or appliances with devices whereby an iron or steel disk, ring, or the like, or an article of smaller diameter than the predetermined coin fraudulently introduced into the machine is prevented from rendering the latter operative, and whereby, also, facilities are offered for the detectionof a person making such fraudulent attempt to operate the machine.

The manner of carrying the invention into eifect may be fully understood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, showing my improvements, together'with the arrangements more immediately connected therewith, the various parts being represented in the positions assumed when the machine is being operated. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing in its normal position a portion of the mechanism represented in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front view of the money-box J hereinafter more fully described.

A A are the outer walls of the inclosing case or cabinet of the machine.

A is a slit or orifice through which a coin may be introduced by the operator into the machine.

The operating mechanism of the machine may be worked by the user (through the intervention of such introduced coin, as hereinafter described) from the exterior of the cabinet by means of a push-handle E or other equivalent operating device.

For the purposes of the present invention any suitable arrangement of mechanism may be employed whereby through the joint action of a predetermined coin introduced into the machine and of an operating device on the exterior thereof the user is enabled to operate (or render operative) the machine. however, an arrangement such as that herein set forth, which may be briefly described as follows: The coin is conveyed by means of a tube or slide 0 C 0 hereinafter described, into a hopper H, Figs. 1 and 2, whence it drops into the money-box J of the apparatus, Figs. 1 and 3. This box J, into which the coin K is conveyed, is formed in the shape of a narrow hopper with sloping ends J J (adapted to retain a coin of predetermined size on edge) and vertical parallel sides J 3 J One side J 3 is made movable, being preferably hinged or pivoted, as atj, Fig. 1. The fixed side J of the money-box has an opening j situated between the sloping ends J and J and the hinged side J 3 has a similar opening j exactly opposite the opening j The pushhandle E is attached to a sliding bar E, the inner end of which rests normally within the hole j and is adapted when pushed inward to enter the box and pass through the hole 7' in its opposite side if the box be empty. The push-bar E is provided with a returningspring e, which is inserted between the fixed side J 4 and a collar e on the bar. Collars e e control the movement of the bar in either direction. If the 'bar E be pushed in after a coin K has been introduced into the box J, it pushes open the hinged side J 3 as the coin is retained by the sloping ends J J of the box in the position shown in Fig. 3that is, covering the hole j in the hinged side. side J 3 is connected by any suitable means, as by a link or lever G, with the mechanism of the machine proper in sucha manner that each time the side is'thrust open such mechanism isoperated or rendered operative. As

I prefer,

The

' lever N.

soon as the user releases the bar E it is forced backward by the spring e and the coin drops down the duct H into any suitable receptacle, whence the coins may be collected by the owner at intervals. The coin is enabled to drop out of the box on the return of the push bar by reason of the sidev J being held momentarily open by a catch-lever M, the outer end of which passes through a slot m in the money-box side, and is provided with a serration or shoulder M of such a form that it permits the side to open but prevents it from closlng. The catch-lever M is pivoted at in upon a bracket m carried by the fixed side J of the money-box, and it is provided with an upright arm M which is struck by the collar 6' toward the termination of the rearward movement of the push-bar, so that the catch-lever is tilted up and the hinged side J being released it is closed by a spring J or by its own weight.

To prevent the machine from being rendered operative by an iron disk or the like, one or more magnets are employed, and they are so arranged with reference to the coinsllde that on'an attempt being-made to operate the machine after the insertion of such iron article the latter, whose movement has been previously arrested by the magnet, is detached from such magnet and diverted into a separate slide and away from the moneyboX. The magnet, which preferably consists of two or more horseshoe-magnets laid side by side, may either be a fixture, as in Figs. 1 and 2, or it may be movable. When the magnet is fixed, the whole or a portion of the coinslide is made movable, and when the magnet is movable the coin-slide is made a fixture.

In the machine shown in Figs. 1 to 3 the magnet L is attached to the front wall of the cabinet A and projects upward, with its poles in close proximity to the coin-slide O, or preferably with its poles projecting into holesl in the bottom of the slide, so that an iron article passing down the slide is retained upon the poles of the magnet. The latter are preferably beveled, as shown, so as to permit of the good coins passing freely over them. The upper part 0 of the coin-slide is preferably a fixture; but the lower portions 0 C are hinged, respectively, at c and 0, so that they may be tilted upward. The lower end of the part 0 below its pivot c is connected at n to one end of a link N, whose opposite end is jointed to the upper termination of arocking This lever is pivoted at 'n' and has its lower forked end engaged by collars e on the push-bar E, whereby at each forward movement of the bar the part 0 is tilted into theposition shown in Fig. 1, and any article adhering to themagnet L is detached therefrom and falls down a separate duct H onto a dash-pan Q, hereinafter described, or, where such is not used, into a suitable receptacle provided for the above detached articles. The part 0 of the coin-slide is also tilted upward at the same time, in order to permit the detached article to fall freely into the upper end of the duct H A cross-bar or guard C is provided on the lower part 0 of the slide opposite the holes Z, for the purpose of preventing an iron article being quickly jerked'off the poles of the magnet and over into the part G whence it could pass into the box J. The extreme lower end of the slide is also turned downward, as at O to prevent an iron article from getting into the hopper H past the under side of the part 0 The upper edge of the part 0 is made very thin, as at 0 so that when lying upon the bottom of the part 0, as in Fig. 2, it,offers no impediment to the passage of a coin.

The parts 0 and C may be actuated simultaneously as follows: A curved bar or plate P is mounted loosely upon the pivot c of the part 0. The lower end of this bar is provided with a projecting pin 19, which rests against the under side of the part 0' near its lower end. The upper end of the bar has an elongated slot 19 which engages a pin 19 on the side of the part 0 nearits upper end. It will thus be seen that each time the lower end of the part 0' is depressed by the action of the push-bar the bar P will be moved into the position shown in Fig. 1, and the lower part 0 of the slide will thereby be tilted. A spring 19 returns the part C and bar P to their normal positions after the release of the push-bar and the consequent return of the part 0.

P is a curved bar or plate, which is attached to the upper end of the part 0' of the coin-slide and passes through an opening in the iixed part 0 of the slide. Each time the part 0 is tilted by the action of the push-bar the bar I" is placed across the upper part of the slide and prevents the intr oduction of a coin into the machine after the bar E has been pushed in.

Should a coin, washer, or disk of smaller diameter than that of the predetermined coin be introduced into the machine, it will (if it be not of iron or steel) fall into and pass right through the money-box J into the duct H, as the sloping ends J J of the box are placed at such a distance apart at their lower ends tempting to operate the machine fraudulently.

by an iron disk, &c., the following photographic device may be employed: The duct H for spurious iron articles has its exit above a dash-pan Q, which is pivoted at q and is connected by a rearward extension Q and a link Q toan angle-leve1-Q pivoted at q. R is a very small camera, which is located behind a minute opening R in the wall of the cabinet and about the height of the operators face. R is a rod attached to the shutter or other equivalent exposing device adapted when released to give an instantaneous exposure to the sensitized surface in the camera.

spring R which is introduced between the 7 of the collar R bottom of the camera and a collar R on the rod R tends always to operate the exposing device by moving the rod R downward. This downward movement is prevented by a catch Q which is carried by the depending arm of the angle-lever Q and engages the underside The dash-pan and its connections are. held in their normal position by an adjustable balance-weight g Aspurious article falling on the dash-pan Q immediately withdraws the catch Q releases the exposing device, and effects an instantaneous exposure of thesensit-ized surface -within the camera.

a a a are brackets or attachments whereby,

' ported within the cabinet A.

The action of the machine may be briefly summed up as follows: A coin of a predetermined kind is inserted at the orifice A and passes'down the slides C C C and hopper H into the box J. The handle E is now pushed inward by the user and operates (or renders operative) the machine, as before described. On his releasing the handle E the coin falls down the duct H and the various parts return to their normal positions. If an iron disk or the like be introduced into the machine, it is diverted by the magnet device, and passing down the duct Il strikes the dashpan Q, so that the users photograph is taken by the camera device R. Articles of smaller diameter than the specified size pass right through the money-box J without rendering the machine operative.

I declare that what I claim is v 1. In a machine of the kind described, an inclined coin-slide formed wholly or partly of two consecutive lengths hinged at or near their corresponding ends upon approximately horizontal axes, in combination with a magnet adapted to arrest the movement of an iron or steel article in its'passage down the upper of said lengths, and a device for simultaneously separating and tilting said lengths at each working of an external operating device, whereby such iron or steel article is diverted from the operating mechanism of the machine, substantially as described.

-2. In a machine of thekind described, a

coin-slide having a hinged part 0 adaptedto be tilted at each forward stroke of an external operating device, and afixed magnet L, having its poles protruding normally, as described, into-said hinged part, in combination with a part 0 forming the lower portion of said coin-slide and hinged at or nearits lower end, and mechanism adapted to separate the lower part C from the upper part 0 and to tilt it simultaneously with the said upper part, whereby an article arrested by the poles of the magnet is detached therefrom and allowed to fall freely out of the coin-slide away lengths O O hinged at or near their lower ends, a magnet L, located as described with respect to the upper lengths O, and mechanism for tiltingsaid upper length at each operation of an external operating device, in combination with a rocking bar P, having one end adapted to be depressed at each tilting of the said upper length 0 and having its opposite end connected with and adapted to elevate the said lower hinged length G where: by the lengths C and C may be separated and tilted simultaneously, substantially as described.

4. In a machine of the kind described, the magnet L, the upper hinged part 0' above the same, the lower hinged part 0 normally continuous with the part 0', and means for tilting said upper part at each operation of an external device, in combination with the rocking bar P, mounted on the hinge-pivot of the part 0', the pin 10 on the lower end of said bar and bearing against the under side of the said part 0, the pin p carried by the upper end of the lower hinged part 0 and engaging with a slot 19 in the upper end of the said bar P, and a returning-spring p for said bar and part 0 substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the kind described, the combination, with the magnet L, the hinged parts 0 and C of the coin-slide, and means for simultaneously separating and tilting the same at each operation of the external device, of a coin-hopper II below the extremity of the lower part 0 a duct H for iron articles below the extremity of the upper part 0, a guard O on the part 0 opposite the magnet L, and a downwardly-turned lip O on the lower end of said part 0 substantially as and for the purposes described.

6. In a machine of the kind described, having an arrangement for diverting spurious articles fraudulently introduced into the machine, a minute photographic camera located with its lens in front of the operators face, in combination with a dash-pan adapted to be struck by a diverted spurious article, and mechanism connecting said dash-pan with the exposing device of the camera and adapted to instantaneously release or operate the same as soon as the dash-pan is struck, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a inachine of the kind described, the combination, with an arrangement for diverting spurious articles fraudulently introduced into the machine, of a minute camera R, located as described, a spring-pressed rod R R movable with the exposing device of said camera, an angle-lever Q having a catch Q normally retaining said rod against the action of its spring, a counterbalanced dash-pan Q, located in the path of a diverted spurious ar- IIO IIQ

ticle, and a link Q connected at each end, re-

-c0mbination,with the magnet L, hinged slide 0', push bar E, lever N, link N, and duct H of a counterbalanced dash-pan Q, located be- In testimony whereof I have signed my low said duct, a minute camera R,'located as name to this specification in the presence of described, aspring-pressed rod R R movable two subscribing witnesses.

with the exposing device of said camera, a

5 catch Q retaining said rod againstthe action HELEN ALICIA BURT.

of its spring, and means adapted to withdraw WVitnesses: said catch and release the exposing device F. WINDHAM, when the dash-pan is struck by an article District Wharf, Fulham, S. W. falling from the duct H substantially as de- STEPHEN GRIFFITH,

1o scribed. Clerk, 2 Brussells Road, Wcmdsworih, S. W 

